Ahora debo informarme sobre la obra de esta escritora para, más adelante, leer algo más… ¿Cuando sale la reclusa; Huye rápido, vete lejos; Tiempo de hielo o El hombre del revés?

Adamsberg investigates the appearance of strange inscriptions on the doors of a Parisian building: an inverted four and underneath three letters, CLT. They are oddball young men, each an expert in a different period of European history (classical, medieval, modern) who combine their talents to solve crimes. Seulement, sans rien abandonné de son univers, Fred Vargas propose un polar certes étrange mais plus ancré dans une fiction crédible.S'il n'y a pas d'enquête, il n'y a qu'à regarder les personnages incongrus, mener une quête incongrue, sans se poser de questions, et à attendre avec eux que ça se passe.

Et surtout de nombreuses allusions sont faites à la réputation de la romancière, dont tous les personnages seraient atteints de folie douce. Soliman is black, and the villagers were a bit bewildered at seeing a black baby just left there, and it wasn't until Suzanne came along and picked him up that he was comforted. I figured this out based on the fact that the front of my copy had “Commisaire Adamsberg Investigates” solemnly imprinted upon it. Vargas is unusual both for her background and for the style of her novels, which depart from the usual formulas and clichés of crime fiction.

The four become the firmest of friends, but after Toad’s latest escapade, can they join together and beat the wretched weasels? And as it just so happens, Camille knows just the guy -- Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, in Paris, at the police headquarters in the fifth arrondissement. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Convinced that it's their duty to go after Massart and rid the French countryside of this werewolf killer, two unlikely companions decide to go after him.

while the actual solving of the mystery leaves a lot to be desired if you like things like clues and logic. I’ll be reading it in Italian – part of my plan to read more books in Italian and Spanish this year. Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume’s comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era.

Une petite impression que Fred Vargas se lasse d’Adamsberg et de ses copains… Un peu du fan service quoi. She is an archaeologist by training, but she is undoubtedly known worldwide as the author of crime novels. Not only were Vargas’ books a hit in France, but several won the Gold Dagger Award, given annually to the world’s top crime novel.